An OB Activist’s Calendar for June

Here is THE absolute most-complete and awesome calendar for an Ocean Beach activist – for the month of June. Many of the dates came from the OB Green Store – Center newsletter. So, download it, print it out, hang on your refrigerator door.

June 6th – SaturdayDemonstration outside SeaWorld San Diego 10a-1p @ the intersection of SeaWorld Drive and SeaWorld Way, between the I-5 and SeaWorld entrance. Park at South Shores Boat Launch Park, off SeaWorld Drive just west of I-5. Open House for the historic folk art Corky Freedom Banner, 1:30-3:30p @ the Grassroots Oasis, 3130 Moore Street, 2 miles from our Demo. Plenty of free street parking, and just blocks from Old Town Transit Center.

June 6th – Saturday – OB community clean-up; OBTC and CSI-OB team up – Join them OB Veterans’ Plaza Newport Ave and Abbott Street from 9am-11am – bring gloves and a bucket if you can. fterparty is at Newport Pizza!

June 11th Thursday 7 p.m Film Night “Disruption” – Join folks at the Green Store on a fast-paced journey through the tangled world of climate change: the science, the politics, the solutions, and the stories that define this crisis at this pivotal point in human history. This is a movie by and for the movement. Free of Charge :-) Ocean Beach Green Center – 4843 B Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach 92107; oceanbeachgreencenter@gmail.com – 619.225.1083

June 13th Saturday 11:45 p.m. Re-enactment of Paul Revere’s MIDNIGHT Ride Greet former Congressman Jim Bates for a reenactment of the warning ride of Paul Revere. Modern-day patriots will gather at the Kate Sessions statue to call on the U.S. Government to fight climate change with a World-War II-scale national mobilization to transition the country off fossil fuel and onto renewable energy. Music and short speeches will follow. For more information contact the Ocean Beach Green Center.

June 14th Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The San Diego Really Really Free Market & Food Drive Teralta Park, at the corner of 40th & Orange Ave in City Heights. The Really Really Free Market is similar to a huge potluck, where you can bring whatever you have to share and take whatever you need. No selling, buying, or trading. Food Drive to Benefit Food Not Bombs: Food will be collected for the local chapters (downtown & City Heights) of Food Not Bombs. Read more online at sdrrfm.blogspot.com

June 14th Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Roc the Love Winston’s, 1921 Bacon St, Ocean Beach 92107 Join the Community of Ocean Beach in a charity benefit to help an OB Family with medical expenses as their five year old son, Roc, fights leukemia. Raffle, Food, Music, and Drink Specials

June 18th Thursday – OB Historical Society presents “San Diego Legends” Featuring Jack Innis Thursday, June 18, at 7 pm at the P.L. United Methodist Church at 1984 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., O.B.—Jack Innis author of “San Diego Legends” book, brings together for the first time the many extraordinary accounts of famous and infamous people, places, and events in San Diego’s past FREE OBHS program.

June 20th Saturday 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. International Surfing Day Veteran’s Plaza at the end of Newport Ave (on the grassy area next to Veterans Plaza and the Santa Monica lifeguard station) 92107. From 6 – 8 Surfrider Foundation will be teaming up with FM 94.9 to hold a great raffle, games, beverages, popcorn and pizza available. From 8 – 10 there will be a free outdoor screening of the classic surf film, 5 Summer Stories. Attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket, towel, or lawn chair and watch the film from the grass for this family-friendly FREE event!

June 26th Friday 7:00 p.m. – 11 p.m. Critical Mass Balboa Park at the Big Fountain Come ride bicycles through the streets of San Diego, providing motorists, as well as ourselves, with a vision of how things could be different. It’s a celebration of cycling!

For the most complete and comprehensive monthly calendar for Ocean Beach, go to the OB Rag’s Events page. (why is it so complete? because we include all the OB and Peninsula groups’ calendars. if you want your group’s meeting and events listed, contact us at obragblog@gmail.com )

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